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308 THE VARANGIAN. [Act II.<br />

And instruments by which this deed of justice,<br />

Justice to your deserts and injured beauty,<br />

Might be accomplished, and th' unconscious world<br />

Account you innocent ?<br />

Bribed by this Osmond ?<br />

JUDITH.<br />

Art thou not bribed,<br />

MATILDA.<br />

By<br />

the heart of truth<br />

I answer, no ! My love for one so wronged<br />

Is my sole motive and ; my aim is only<br />

To see you happy, which can never be<br />

While Waltheof lives.<br />

A fatal truth.<br />

JUDITH.<br />

In that, at least, thou speak'st<br />

MATILDA.<br />

An instrument there is,<br />

Or greatly do I err, who would with joy<br />

Complete your wishes. I have marked him well.<br />

JUDITH.<br />

Whom dost thou mean ?<br />

MATILDA.<br />

Cardoc, a British slave<br />

Bought by Almaric, merchant of your household.<br />

A well-proportioned, sturdy loon is he,<br />

And on his gloomy brow lurks dark revenge,<br />

Some bloody deed to act. Full well know you<br />

That all of his wild race the Saxons hate,<br />

And thirst to take their lives.<br />

JUDITH.<br />

Why surely thou<br />

Wast born above the rank of those who serve.

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